Judith 13:7-9

Common English Bible

⁷ When she came closer to the bed, she grabbed the hair on his head and said, “Give me strength today, Lord God of Israel.” ⁸ She struck him in the neck twice with all her might and cut off his head. ⁹ Then she rolled his body off the bed and pulled down the canopy from the rods. After a little while she went out and handed Holofernes’ head to her servant,